Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-12-05

This was startling possibility, and
forgetting all about Mitchell being in the
way, the conductor the men on both sides
had heard the conversation, but had not
joined in III periodically said:
.sGet through by ali means: but you
viii have to run very slow and put flag
man ont on every curve, or you will have
q collision
Andrews answered quickly: Il viii
attend to that stepped on his own engine
and mot!oAed to knight who was stiu at
fhe throttle The lat e-, hearing the words
about rJnn'n, slowly, had put on The
steam ia Il .T..s i MANNER and the engine
glided away at "a Moderate rate OF speed.
But this was not TO last; neither was
any la .raan to be sent ahead; there had
been delays enough. The time had come
when il was wise TO take terrible risk.
We dared not wait for the passenger train
because Of the pursuers we had heard, and
of the freight which had started toward
the break; and We must reach the station
above before the passenger started outl
From Adairsyille TO Calhoun, tie next
station that had side track. Is little
more than nine miles The road runs di-
rectly north, i almost straight and but
little removed from level: this is the most
favorable stretch for running On the whole
line. Andrews said to his comrades: Make
her show how fast she can 20: every sec
oud saved in getting TO Calhoun counts"
Tie effect Of giving such orders TO men
Whose nerves had all morning been thrill
iny with suppressed fire may be imagined,
Tine engine was in the finest running con-
dition knight had oiled it carefully dur
ing the long waiting at Kingston, and
again, Ia part, at Adairsyille, and "a heavy
pressure Of steam had accumulated during
the pause at the latter station. Now the
fail force Of tue mighty power was turned
on at once. while oil was poured ON sticks
and these fed into the furnace. The three
cars and twenty men were no load for the
powerful engine and it sprung to its work
with shock that nearly took every man
from his feet Tie race against time which
followed WIS grand and terrible. The en-
ginc seemed 10 be not SO much running as
cOursing with great lionlike bounds along
the track, and the spectacle from the loco
motive - il rUsr and fell in its ceaseless
rapid mot ion. while houses, fields and woods
rushed by, was wonderful and glorious,
almost worth the risk to enjoy, In the box
car We we're thrown from side to side and
jerke,l about in IA manner that battles
tt.1'4 p on ne tai W d. 81 tlD-t 70 Aut
engine That 1t felt every impulse Of power
AMI tsrre was no following train 10 steady
it. Many times we were startled with the
momentary conviction that We We're off
the track. but there was no cessation of
our rapid fight We hardly knew what
it meant, and though we pushed our door
partly open, the risk of bein. thrown out
was too great To permit lis to open it wide;
and Mt the that tifrpd
by, with lightning like rapidity, we could
gain no cew to this frantic and perilous
chase, for there was no indication of Il fol
lowing train that we could perceive
There Was no danger OF being seen in the
opening of our door, for the rapid flight of
the train would have attracted all the at.
tcnti"n that anything upon the caI could
in.lrcWs scarcely looked ahead while
making this run. Brown and Knight,
however Gtl i,.p sharp lockout, sim
ply for the purpose of seeing when we
cafae near the station that they might
shut Off steam and be able to stop there
They bad no hu,e OF reversing or stop
ping, if they SAW the belated passenger
train approaching As well try to reverse
II cannon nal in its flight, If the train had
started out from Calhoun before we came
ia sight, it was simply and inevitably
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